blog posts 2019 Smithsonian Panama Mangrove Internship, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Bocas del Toro, Panama) Due 3/15 Mar 4, 2019 3:15 pm290 views Internships, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Des Plaines, IL) due 3/10 Dec 7, 2016 10:45 am379 views Internships for U of I students working with EPA personnel in lakes and streams collecting water quality samples, sampling macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, and fish, and recording discharge and assessing habitat. Internships are based in the IEPA Bureau of Water - Northern Monitoring Unit in Des Plaines, IL.